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Year GDP-UK £ billion Population-UK million Public Net Debt-total percent GDP 1692 0.0588 9.100 5.61 a 1693 0.0591 9.100 9.98 a 1694 0.0593 9.100 10.29 a 1695 0.0595 9.100 14.12 a 1696 0.0597 9.100 17.76 a 1697 0.0599 9.100 27.88 a 1698 0.0601 9.100 28.79 a 1699 0.0604 9.100 25.50 a 1700 0.0606 9.100 23.43 a 1701 0.0608 9.129 23.19 a 1702 0.061 9.158 23.11 a 1703 0.0612 9.188 22.22 a 1704 0.0615 9.217 21.79 a 1705 0.0617 9.247 21.07 a 1706 0.0619 9.276 21.00 a 1707 0.0621 9.306 23.35 a 1708 0.0624 9.336 24.36 a 1709 0.0626 9.366 30.51 a 1710 0.0628 9.396 34.08 a 1711 0.063 9.426 35.56 a 1712 0.0633 9.456 55.13 a 1713 0.0635 9.487 54.65 a 1714 0.0637 9.517 56.83 a 1715 0.064 9.547 58.44 a 1716 0.0642 9.578 59.03 a 1717 0.0644 9.609 61.02 a 1718 0.0647 9.640 61.36 a 1719 0.0649 9.670 64.10 a 1720 0.0651 9.701 82.95 a 1721 0.0654 9.733 83.94 a 1722 0.0656 9.764 80.34 a 1723 0.0658 9.795 81.46 a 1724 0.0661 9.826 81.39 a 1725 0.0663 9.858 79.49 a 1726 0.0666 9.889 79.43 a 1727 0.0668 9.921 79.34 a 1728 0.067 9.953 78.66 a 1729 0.0673 9.985 77.41 a 1730 0.0675 10.017 76.15 a 1731 0.0678 10.049 76.25 a 1732 0.068 10.081 73.68 a 1733 0.0683 10.114 73.21 a 1734 0.0685 10.146 71.68 a 1735 0.0688 10.178 71.66 a 1736 0.069 10.211 72.03 a 1737 0.0693 10.244 69.99 a 1738 0.0695 10.277 68.35 a 1739 0.0698 10.310 67.19 a 1740 0.07 10.343 67.71 a 1741 0.0703 10.393 69.42 a 1742 0.0705 10.444 72.77 a 1743 0.0708 10.494 75.56 a 1744 0.071 10.545 80.42 a 1745 0.0713 10.597 84.29 a 1746 0.0716 10.648 90.64 a 1747 0.0718 10.700 96.66 a 1748 0.0721 10.752 105.55 a 1749 0.0723 10.805 107.61 a 1750 0.0726 10.857 107.44 a 1751 0.0729 10.910 107.13 a 1752 0.0731 10.963 105.20 a 1753 0.0734 11.016 102.18 a 1754 0.0737 11.070 97.96 a 1755 0.0739 11.124 98.11 a 1756 0.0742 11.184 100.54 a 1757 0.0745 11.245 104.43 a 1758 0.0747 11.306 109.91 a 1759 0.075 11.368 121.73 a 1760 0.0781 11.430 130.22 a 1761 0.0814 11.492 140.29 a 1762 0.0847 11.555 149.47 a 1763 0.0883 11.617 150.17 a 1764 0.0919 11.681 146.03 a 1765 0.0957 11.744 139.60 a 1766 0.0997 11.808 133.70 a 1767 0.1038 11.872 129.00 a 1768 0.1082 11.937 122.55 a 1769 0.1126 12.002 115.72 a 1770 0.1173 12.067 111.34 a 1771 0.1222 12.133 105.48 a 1772 0.1273 12.199 101.10 a 1773 0.1325 12.265 97.28 a 1774 0.1381 12.332 92.47 a 1775 0.1438 12.399 88.53 a 1776 0.1498 12.467 87.58 a 1777 0.156 12.534 87.56 a 1778 0.1624 12.603 88.12 a 1779 0.1692 12.671 90.66 a 1780 0.1762 12.740 94.89 a 1781 0.1835 12.809 103.76 a 1782 0.1911 12.916 112.14 a 1783 0.1991 13.023 116.42 a 1784 0.2073 13.131 117.17 a 1785 0.216 13.240 113.66 a 1786 0.2249 13.349 109.47 a 1787 0.2343 13.460 104.91 a 1788 0.244 13.572 100.45 a 1789 0.2541 13.684 96.14 a 1790 0.2647 13.798 92.18 a 1791 0.2756 13.912 88.24 a 1792 0.2871 14.134 84.15 a 1793 0.299 14.360 81.24 a 1794 0.3114 14.589 80.15 a 1795 0.3243 14.822 82.45 a 1796 0.3378 15.059 91.89 a 1797 0.3518 15.299 102.10 a 1798 0.3664 15.544 106.77 a 1799 0.3817 15.792 111.76 a 1800 0.3975 16.044 111.03 a 1801 0.414 16.300 110.17 a 1802 0.362 16.508 137.73 a 1803 0.358 16.718 144.25 a 1804 0.38 16.931 137.84 a 1805 0.414 17.147 130.34 a 1806 0.42 17.365 134.38 a 1807 0.448 17.586 130.16 a 1808 0.439 17.811 134.69 a 1809 0.478 18.037 125.31 a 1810 0.525 18.267 115.70 a 1811 0.504 18.500 120.95 a 1812 0.512 18.736 122.27 a 1813 0.55 18.975 118.60 a 1814 0.527 19.217 137.67 a 1815 0.543 19.462 137.18 a 1816 0.486 19.710 160.14 a 1817 0.503 19.962 150.12 a 1818 0.523 20.217 161.24 a 1819 0.49 20.474 172.31 a 1820 0.497 20.736 169.03 a 1821 0.478 21.000 175.38 a 1822 0.456 21.291 182.26 a 1823 0.476 21.586 175.65 a 1824 0.51 21.886 162.47 a 1825 0.56 22.189 146.46 a 1826 0.494 22.497 164.17 a 1827 0.513 22.809 157.89 a 1828 0.513 23.125 157.19 a 1829 0.497 23.445 161.23 a 1830 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 23.770 154.99 a 1831 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.100 155.07 a 1832 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.366 154.98 a 1833 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.636 158.18 a 1834 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 24.908 149.67 a 1835 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.183 141.15 a 1836 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.462 133.51 a 1837 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 25.743 137.07 a 1838 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.028 130.61 a 1839 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.315 126.02 a 1840 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.606 130.80 a 1841 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.900 135.08 a 1842 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 26.959 142.79 a 1843 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.019 142.97 a 1844 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.079 133.08 a 1845 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.138 124.59 a 1846 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.198 119.45 a 1847 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.258 112.65 a 1848 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.319 121.02 a 1849 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.379 120.90 a 1850 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.439 129.66 a 1851 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.500 126.35 a 1852 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.656 121.44 a 1853 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.813 108.35 a 1854 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 27.971 98.65 a 1855 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.129 99.32 a 1856 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.289 98.11 a 1857 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.449 99.39 a 1858 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.611 103.18 a 1859 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.773 96.98 a 1860 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 28.936 94.05 a 1861 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.100 91.14 a 1862 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.341 90.52 a 1863 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.584 83.48 a 1864 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 29.829 78.69 a 1865 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.075 77.39 a 1866 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.324 74.13 a 1867 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.575 74.32 a 1868 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 30.828 70.94 a 1869 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.083 69.34 a 1870 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.341 64.84 a 1871 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.485 59.67 a 1872 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 31.874 56.42 a 1873 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.178 53.64 a 1874 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.502 53.49 a 1875 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 32.839 54.05 a 1876 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.200 55.14 a 1877 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.576 55.89 a 1878 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 33.944 57.36 a 1879 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.304 59.93 a 1880 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.623 56.32 a 1881 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 34.935 55.02 a 1882 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.207 53.18 a 1883 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.450 52.90 a 1884 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 35.724 49.04 a 1885 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.016 50.09 a 1886 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.314 49.96 a 1887 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.599 48.00 a 1888 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 36.881 44.29 a 1889 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.179 41.85 a 1890 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.485 40.56 a 1891 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 37.802 40.31 a 1892 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.134 41.13 a 1893 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.490 40.96 a 1894 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 38.859 38.87 a 1895 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.221 37.67 a 1896 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.599 36.24 a 1897 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.987 34.58 a 1898 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.381 33.29 a 1899 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.774 31.30 a 1900 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.155 28.97 a 1901 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.538 31.81 a 1902 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.893 34.44 a 1903 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.247 36.42 a 1904 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.611 36.16 a 1905 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.981 34.77 a 1906 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.361 33.13 a 1907 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.738 31.23 a 1908 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.124 31.99 a 1909 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.520 31.16 a 1910 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.916 30.54 a 1911 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.190 28.22 a 1912 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.374 26.46 a 1913 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.582 25.03 a 1914 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.957 24.54 a 1915 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 41.362 35.56 a 1916 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 40.536 60.01 a 1917 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.781 91.77 a 1918 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 39.582 113.41 a 1919 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 42.944 133.83 a 1920 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.646 128.81 a 1921 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 43.904 157.45 a 1922 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.332 175.13 a 1923 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.563 185.67 a 1924 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.886 178.57 a 1925 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.040 171.97 a 1926 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.218 177.34 a 1927 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.432 167.61 a 1928 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.622 167.00 a 1929 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.731 163.11 a 1930 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 45.889 165.14 a 1931 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.074 175.23 a 1932 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.335 179.60 a 1933 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.520 181.44 a 1934 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.666 176.68 a 1935 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.869 168.62 a 1936 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.081 159.48 a 1937 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.289 149.14 a 1938 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.494 148.85 a 1939 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 47.548 140.72 a 1940 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 46.029 112.37 a 1941 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.870 122.39 a 1942 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 44.323 140.52 a 1943 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.262 160.18 a 1944 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.460 186.30 a 1945 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.669 220.34 a 1946 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 48.988 242.27 a 1947 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 49.539 243.08 a 1948 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.033 221.23 a 1949 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.331 203.82 a 1950 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.382 199.62 a 1951 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.287 178.55 a 1952 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.429 164.15 a 1953 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.593 153.95 a 1954 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.765 148.88 a 1955 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 50.946 138.72 a 1956 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.184 128.23 a 1957 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.430 120.76 a 1958 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.653 115.88 a 1959 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 51.956 111.04 a 1960 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.373 104.75 a 1961 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 52.807 100.39 a 1962 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.292 97.33 a 1963 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.625 95.29 a 1964 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 53.991 88.29 a 1965 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.350 82.19 a 1966 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.643 79.20 a 1967 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 54.959 76.34 a 1968 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.214 74.32 a 1969 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.461 68.09 a 1970 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.632 58.88 a 1971 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 55.928 53.13 a 1972 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.097 50.72 a 1973 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.223 45.04 a 1974 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.236 43.62 a 1975 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.226 45.24 a 1976 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.216 47.24 a 1977 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.190 46.09 a 1978 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.178 42.75 a 1979 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.240 40.12 a 1980 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.330 37.77 a 1981 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.358 39.26 a 1982 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.291 39.22 a 1983 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.316 37.74 a 1984 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.409 38.03 a 1985 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.554 37.89 a 1986 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.684 36.40 a 1987 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.804 33.86 a 1988 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 56.916 30.17 a 1989 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.077 25.06 a 1990 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.238 22.76 a 1991 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.439 21.47 a 1992 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.585 22.78 a 1993 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.714 26.34 a 1994 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 57.862 30.98 a 1995 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.025 34.26 a 1996 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.164 35.65 a 1997 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.314 36.57 a 1998 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.475 35.37 a 1999 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.684 33.87 a 2000 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 58.886 31.17 a 2001 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.113 27.23 a 2002 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.366 26.59 a 2003 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.637 27.85 a 2004 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 59.950 29.11 a 2005 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.413 31.44 a 2006 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 60.827 32.44 a 2007 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.319 33.12 a 2008 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 61.824 34.48 a 2009 measuringworth.com/ukgdp 62.261 48.11 a 2010 1557.5 62.760 64.01 a Legend: a - actual outturn Data Sources for 1692: GDP: data from measuringworth.com (but now unsupported) Spending: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Historical-Statistics-B-Mitchell/dp/1107402441/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366835878&sr=8-1 B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics Debt: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Historical-Statistics-B-Mitchell/dp/1107402441/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366835878&sr=8-1 B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics Data Sources for 2010: GDP: obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2018/ OBR EFO supp. economy tables Spending: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury/series/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-pesa HM Treasury PESA Debt: obr.uk/data/ OBR Public Finances Databank

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GDP: data from measuringworth.com (but now unsupported)
Spending: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics
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